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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Orange peels are an excellent source of Vitamin C and have many
medicinal properties. . So I prepared this recipe by using the skin of orange.
. the main ingredient here is the peels of an orange. The unique combination of
orange and tamarind gives such a nice flavor to this pachadi. The bitterness of
the peels, the tanginess of the tamarind, the spiciness of the chillies and the
sweetness of the jaggery gavesunique
taste.It goes well with curd rice, chapathi, idli& dosa.

Ingredients:

Orange Peel-1cup

Tamarind - a
lemon-sized ball

Green chillies – 3

Red chillie– 1

Fresh ginger– 1 tsp

Hing – 1 pinch

Mustard seeds – 1/2tsp

Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp

Channadal – 1 tblsp

Salt -as per taste

Sambar powder – 1 tsps

Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

Jaggery – 2 to 3 tbsps

Curry leaves – a few

Seasame Oil – 2 tblsp

Method:

1.Soak tamarind for 10 minutes, and then extract 1 cup of
juice and keep aside.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Last week we had an opportunity
of tasting different cuisine in Southern
Spice’ located at Taj Coromandel, Chennai. Among different cuisine the ‘Banana Dosa’ which was the signature
recipe of "Southern Spice". Soft bananas amazingly battered up and
deep fried with, ghee flavours of jaggery and cardamom. An interesting sweet
treat, which will be loved by all ages. We liked it so much I could not
resist asking the chef for the Recipe. Yesterday I tried at home.

Ingredients:

Maida- 125 gm

Rice Flour- 25 gms

Jaggery -200 gms

Banana-4

Ghee-1/2 cup

Cardamom powder-1 tsp

Method:

1.Pour water in a pan and bring it to boil. Add jaggery and
let it dissolve then Filter the Jaggery water.

2. Peel the skin of the
banana and mash it well. Then add the maida, rice flour, cardamom powder and mix
well.

3.Along with this mashed banana then add the jaggery water and mix
it .(I added jaggery to ensure that sweetness is
according to our taste. You can add or reduce jaggery as desired.)

4.Mix everything to form a smooth batter without lumps. The
batter will not be runny, it will be little thick like vada batter.Heat ghee in
a pan, once it is hot enough pour a spoon of batter to form small disc. Fry
each side till it turns golden brown.

5. Remove from ghee and
drain it in tissue paper.

6.The yummy and delicious Banana dosa is ready to be served .Serve
hot.